In the rocky Aravalli hills outside Faridabad, four young men sought the kind of fleeting digital attention that social media promises, and found instead the irreversible weight of consequence. A Mahindra Thar SUV slipped into reverse at the edge of a gorge near Sirohi village, fell nearly fifty feet, and claimed the life of Sohan, a fifteen-year-old boy far from his home in Bihar. Two others remain in critical condition, and what began as an afternoon of stunt filming has become a quiet reckoning with the distances between spectacle and safety, between a moment and its aftermath.
Teen dies as SUV plunges into ravine during stunt video shoot in Faridabad
One 15-year-old boy killed; two others critically injured; incident occurred while filming stunt videos in a remote ravine.
Four friends came to make content. One did not leave alive.
Mark
Why were they filming stunts in such a remote, dangerous place?
Mimi
The gorge itself was probably the draw—the dramatic backdrop, the height, the sense of risk. Sirohi has become known for its landscape. People come from Delhi to photograph it. For stunt content, that visual drama is currency.
Mark
Did they have any safety precautions in place?
Mimi
Nothing in the reporting suggests they did. They were four friends with a vehicle and an idea. The police are still trying to understand what happened mechanically—why the SUV went into reverse. But there's no mention of spotters, safety equipment, or anyone trained in what they were attempting.
Mark
The vehicle was only a month old to the area. Could that have mattered?
Mimi
Possibly. Vikas had just brought it from Uttar Pradesh. Whether he knew the terrain, whether he understood how the vehicle would handle on that rough trail—those are questions the investigation will need to answer.
Mark
What strikes you most about this?
Mimi
That Sohan was 15. A Class 9 student. His father works in a private company. He came from Bihar to live with his family in a suburb of Delhi. He went out one afternoon to make a video. The ordinariness of it, right up until it wasn't.
Mark
Do you think this changes how people will approach stunt filming?
Mimi
It should. But probably not much. The incentive structure—the views, the shares, the attention—is powerful. And the risk feels abstract until it isn't. Until a vehicle is at the bottom of a ravine.
Le Pouls
- Four teenagers and young men drove deep into hazardous Aravalli terrain specifically to film the kind of dramatic stunt content that earns views — a pursuit that placed them at the lip of a fifty-foot gorge.
- Without warning, the SUV shifted into reverse and rolled backward over the edge, shattering in the ravine below and trapping three of the four occupants inside the wreckage.
- Passing locals witnessed the fall and raised the alarm, with villagers descending into the gorge by hand to pull the injured free before any official rescue could arrive.
- Sohan, 15, was declared dead at hospital; driver Vikas Kumar and companion Himmat remain in critical condition, their survival uncertain, while a fourth escaped with minor injuries.
- Police have recovered the crushed vehicle by crane and are awaiting statements from the survivors to reconstruct the exact sequence of events that turned a stunt into a fatal accident.
In the rocky Aravalli hills outside Faridabad, four young men sought the kind of fleeting digital attention that social media promises, and found instead the irreversible weight of consequence. A Mahindra Thar SUV slipped into reverse at the edge of a gorge near Sirohi village, fell nearly fifty feet, and claimed the life of Sohan, a fifteen-year-old boy far from his home in Bihar. Two others remain in critical condition, and what began as an afternoon of stunt filming has become a quiet reckoning with the distances between spectacle and safety, between a moment and its aftermath.
On a Tuesday afternoon, four young men steered a Mahindra Thar SUV off the main road and into the rocky trails of the Aravalli hills near Faridabad's Sirohi village, roughly 18 kilometers from the city. They had come to film stunt videos — the kind of shareable content that draws attention online. Positioned near the edge of a gorge that dropped 50 to 60 feet into shadow, they were mid-performance when the SUV suddenly shifted into reverse, rolled backward, and plunged into the ravine below.
Sohan, a 15-year-old Class 9 student originally from Siwan district in Bihar, was inside. So were Vikas Kumar, 21, who had been driving, and a companion named Himmat. A fourth, Vikram, escaped with minor injuries. Locals who witnessed the fall immediately called police and alerted the village; residents climbed down into the gorge and pulled the injured out before official help arrived.
All three were rushed to Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital. Sohan could not be saved and was declared dead, his body transferred to BK Hospital for post-mortem. Vikas and Himmat remained in critical condition. A crane was later brought in to retrieve the mangled vehicle from the ravine.
Sirohi village sits in terrain shaped by old mining activity — a landscape of lakes and rocky drama that has drawn visitors from Delhi and beyond, earning the nickname 'Mini Ladakh.' It is also a place where the ground offers no forgiveness. Police from Dhauj station are investigating, waiting for survivors to speak so they can understand exactly how an afternoon of filming became something no one can undo.
On a Tuesday afternoon in the Aravalli hills near Faridabad, four young men drove a Mahindra Thar SUV off the main road and onto a rough trail that wound through rocky terrain. They had come to film stunt videos—the kind of content that gets shared and reshared on social media, that draws views and attention. Around 2:30 p.m., near Sirohi village, about 18 to 20 kilometers from the city center, they positioned themselves at the edge of a gorge that dropped 50 to 60 feet into shadow. They were making reels, performing stunts inside the vehicle, when something went wrong. The SUV suddenly shifted into reverse. It rolled backward, tipped, and fell nearly 50 feet into the ravine below, shattering on impact.
Sohan, 15 years old and a Class 9 student, was in that vehicle. He had come to Faridabad from Siwan district in Bihar and was living in Karnera village in Ballabhgarh with his family. His father, Pramod, worked in a private company. Vikas Kumar, 21, was driving—a self-employed resident of Balaji Colony who had brought the Thar to Faridabad about a month earlier. The vehicle was registered in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. With them were two others: Himmat and Vikram. When the SUV went over the edge, Sohan and Himmat and Vikas were trapped inside. Vikram sustained only minor injuries.
Locals who were passing through the trail saw the vehicle fall. They called the police and alerted villagers. Residents rushed to the gorge, climbed down into it, and pulled the injured youths out before official help arrived. All three were taken to Al-Falah Medical College and Hospital. Doctors worked on them, but Sohan could not be saved. He was declared dead. His body was moved to the mortuary at BK Hospital for post-mortem examination. His family was informed. Vikas Kumar and Himmat remained in critical condition, their injuries severe enough that recovery was uncertain.
Police arrived at the scene and remained there into the evening. A crane was brought in to retrieve the mangled vehicle from the gorge—a twisted shell of metal that had once been a functioning SUV. Officers from Dhauj police station began the work of understanding what had happened. They said they would record statements from the injured once they were able to speak, trying to piece together the exact sequence of events that led to the reversal, the fall, the impact.
Sirohi village sits in the Aravalli hills along the Ballabhgarh-Sohna Road, a place of rocky terrain and lakes left behind by past mining activity. One of those lakes, Panikot Lake—also called Sirohi Lake—has become a destination for people from Delhi and the surrounding region who come to take photographs and spend time in what locals call the "Mini Ladakh." It is a place of natural beauty and geological drama. It is also a place where the ground can give way, where a vehicle can slip, where a moment of inattention or mechanical failure can become irreversible. Four friends came to make content. One of them did not leave alive.
Citations marquantes
Statements of the injured will be recorded to ascertain the exact sequence of events— Dhauj police station officer
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